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11 Charged in Louisiana Staged Truck Crash Insurance Fraud Scheme

Eleven people have been in indicted in what law enforcement officials say is an expanding probe into tractor-trailer accidents staged in New Orleans, Louisiana, to defraud trucking and insurance companies. The 11 accused — 10 from Louisiana and one from …

Florida Jury Awards $45M to Parents of Med Student Killed in Crash

A jury has awarded the parents of a medical school student killed in a 2015 Florida crash $45 million in damages. Twenty-nine year old Raymond Astaphan was killed along Interstate 75 as he crossed paths with a flatbed tractor-trailer hauling …

Jury Awards $37.5M to Man Paralyzed in Missouri Tractor-Trailer Crash

A Missouri jury has awarded a $37.5 million judgment to a man left a paraplegic after a 2014 accident involving a vehicle and a tractor-trailer. The Kansas City Star reports that the Jackson County jury sided with Steve Holdeman during …